公开(公告)号：US08880334B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-04

申请号：US13752262

申请日：2013-01-28

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： Anath P. Kini ,  Joshua C. Struble ,  Andrew J. Vitale ,  Craig L. Koehrsen ,  Bryan J. Everett ,  Mark H. C. Banham ,  Dean G. Povey ,  Matthew A. Holmes

IPC: G01C21/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 ,  E02F9/2033 ,  E02F9/205 ,  E02F9/2054 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D1/0297 ,  G05D2201/0202

Abstract: A control system is disclosed for use with a plurality of machines operating at a worksite. The control system may have a plurality of communicating devices, and a plurality of onboard controllers, each mountable to the plurality of machines. The control system may also have an offboard controller in communication with the plurality of onboard controllers via the plurality of communicating devices. The offboard controller may be configured to selectively assign each of a plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets for use by each of the plurality of machines based on an order in which the plurality of machines arrive at a dump location. The offboard controller may be further configured to make a determination that lanes extending to two dump targets of the plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets overlap, and selectively skip assignment of one of the two dump targets based on the determination.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于在工地工作的多台机器的控制系统。 控制系统可以具有多个通信装置和多个可安装到多个机器的机载控制器。 控制系统还可以具有经由多个通信设备与多个车载控制器通信的外侧控制器。 所述外侧控制器可以被配置为基于所述多个机器到达倾倒位置的顺序来选择性地分配多个顺序排列的转储目标中的每一个供所述多个机器中的每个机器使用。 另外可以进一步配置用于确定延伸到多个顺序排列的转储目标中的两个转储目标的通道重叠的确定，并且基于该确定来选择性地跳过两个转储目标之一的分配。